Weybourne Town Pit
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationNorfolk
Grid referenceTG 114 430[1]
InterestGeological
Area0.7 hectares (1.7 acres)[1]
Notification1984[1]
Location mapMagic Map

Weybourne Town Pit is a 0.7-hectare (1.7-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Sheringham in Norfolk.[1][2] It is a Geological Conservation Review site[3] and it is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.[4]

This is the Type locality for the Pleistocene 'Marly Drift'. This is a chalk-rich glacial till thought to have been deposited during the Anglian stage around 450,000 years ago, but its relationship to other deposits in the area is disputed.[5]

There is access to the site from Sheringham Road.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Designated Sites View: Weybourne Town Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Map of Weybourne Town Pit". Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Weybourne Town Pit (Quaternary of East Anglia)". Geological Conservation Review. Joint Nature Conservation Committee. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Norfolk Coast AONB Management Plan 2014-19: Other Conservation Designations within the AONB" (PDF). Norfolk Coast AONB. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Weybourne Town Pit citation" (PDF). Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Natural England. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
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